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16 Apr 2011 21:49

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Culture: Will Ferrell’s new Spanish-language film looks amazing

  • Will Ferrell’s Spanish-language juggernaut: With the tone of a Robert Rodriguez film, the acting cast of a Pedro Almodóvar barnburner (with a little help from a “Parks and Recreation” standby) and the wit of a Funny Or Die keeper, we would be underplaying our hand if we didn’t point out that “Casa de Mi Padre” (“House of my Father”) probably isn’t for the Spanish-language market. This is the Will Ferrell we know and love. source
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14 Nov 2010 21:13

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Culture: Denzel Washington’s “Unstoppable” unstoppable, except it isn’t

  • $30
    million     the amount “Megamind” made in its second weekend; it’s closing in on $100 million after two weeks
  • $23
    million     the amount “Unstoppable” made, which is ironic in the really funny way that we enjoy source
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09 Aug 2010 01:33

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Culture: It’s official: Will Ferrell’s new movie is an actual freaking hit

  • $35 million the size of the opening for “The Other Guys,” Ferrell’s new buddy-cop flick with Mark Wahlberg
  • $47 million the first-week box-office of Ferrell’s biggest opener, “Talladaga Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby” source
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07 Aug 2010 22:53

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Culture: Will Ferrell: Meet a guy really desperate for another hit

His last movie, the huge-budgeted “Land of the Lost,” got completely upstaged by “The Hangover.” So, he needs “The Other Guys” to kill it at the box office. source
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04 Jun 2010 14:02

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Offbeat: Dude starts crashing funerals just to get the finger-food

  • Certainly he had a backpack with some tupperware containers so when people weren’t looking, he was stocking up.
  • Harbour City (New Zealand) Funeral Home director Danny Langstraa • Regarding a man who had apparently been going to as many as four funerals a week just to nosh on the food. The man, in his 40s, clearly did not know any of the deceased whose funerals he showed up for in March and April. If this sounds like a subject ripe for a movie parody, Will Ferrell has already done it in “Wedding Crashers” – as an wedding-crash expert who had recently started crashing funerals. source
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18 Nov 2009 21:25

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Culture: Funny or die? Will Ferrell is the least-bankable actor, a study sez

For every dollar Will Ferrell makes, his movie makes an average of $3.29. Considering his high price tag and the film’s big budgets, that’s not really a lot. source
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22 Sep 2009 11:17

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Culture: Will Ferrell’s pro-health insurer PSA will get you to support LOLs

  • This is clever. This “pro”-health-insurer PSA strikes at the heart of the whole debate by “favoring” the health insurance companies who are just trying to make millions of dollars. Funny as heck. One of the best Funny Or Die videos yet.
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24 Aug 2009 22:43

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Music: Will Ferrell ≠ Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith

  • Don’t tell that to Chad Smith’s unwitting fans, though. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are arguably as famous, if not moreso, than Will Ferrell. But drum-pounder Chad Smith still suffers from mistaken identity. “I’m nice to these people,” Smith says. “(I say) ‘No, I’m not.’ But they’re like, ‘I loved you in Old School. You’re so funny.'” We suggest that Smith get a more distinct persona, like Flea. Now that guy you wouldn’t mistake for a movie star. source
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07 Jun 2009 21:05

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Culture: “Up” still up top, “Land of the Lost” bombs, “The Hangover” hangs

  • $44.2 million The second-week take for Pixar’s “Up,” which was followed right behind by “The Hangover,” which earned $43.3 million.
  • $19.5 million The box-office take for Will Ferrell’s “Land of the Lost,” which cost over $100 million to make and got godawful reviews. source
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06 Jun 2009 18:38

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Culture: Friday box-office: Second bananas are funnier than “Land of the Lost”

  • $16 million The Friday opening for “The Hangover,” the well-reviewed vehicle for Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis
  • $7 million The Friday opening for “Land of the Lost,” the poorly-reviewed vehicle for Will Ferrell based on a terrible TV series source
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